Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)

Summary

The purpose of this RFP is to select a supplier to enter into a contract with the Automotive and Transportation Industries Branch of the Department of Industry Canada (IC) to provide services of an external expert or industry group to identify and evaluate the emerging technological trends for the automotive sector and to validate these with relevant industry stakeholders as described in the Statement of Work – Appendix A attached herein.

Project Requirements/Objectives

The exact tasks are to:

1. Develop a roadmap of current and emerging trends and technologies that could potentially shape the future of the automotive industry and the use of automobiles by building on existing work conducted by other industry experts globally or commissioned by other governments.
2. Engage key technology, automotive stakeholders and industry analysts for their perspective on the technology roadmap and convene stakeholders to a roundtable, with the objective of validating the roadmap and obtaining a common view of future trends affecting the industry.

The work is to be performed from the contract award date to November 30, 2016. However, in the event of unusual circumstances, the contract could be awarded at a sooner or later date.

There is no security requirement associated with this requirement.

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Enquiries

All enquiries of a technical nature and all questions of a contractual nature are to be submitted in writing to the Contractual Authority: Chantal Lafleur by email at chantal.lafleur2@canada.ca.

Bid Receiving

Tenders will be received in English or French:

Bids must be submitted only to Industry Canada’s Bid Receiving Area by the date, time and place indicated on page 1 of the bid solicitation. Bidders are hereby advised that the Bid Receiving Area of IC is open Monday to Friday inclusive, between the hours of 7:30 am and 4:30 pm, excluding Statutory Holidays.

Closing Date

Monday August 22, 2016 at 14:00 hours EDT.